Marco Rubio Slams Obama's Speech On Fighting Islamophobia

originally posted by: ketsuko
Currently, the Jews are still the most hated, so he should be worried about reducing hate crimes against them if he's worried about the hate crimes
against Muslims.

Obama has had PLENTY to say about antisemitism! And he's visited synagogues, too! Just because you aren't aware of it doesn't mean he hasn't done it.
Do some research! To repeat what windword said, your righteous indignation is baseless!

And if the only reason Obama cares is because he can score political points,

You're merely deflecting. No one is publicizing antisemitism during this Presidential campaign, as a talking point. No one is singling out Jews to
gain favor with the American people in order to get votes in such a way that the President of The United States feels the needs to publically counter
Republican American sentiment.

Between 2010 and 2012, lawmakers in at least 32 states introduced bills to restrict the circumstances in which state courts can consider foreign
or religious laws in their decisions. During this period, six states – Arizona, Kansas, Louisiana, Oklahoma, South Dakota and Tennessee – enacted
such bills into law. The Oklahoma law, which explicitly banned judicial consideration of Islamic law (or sharia), was struck down in 2010 when a
federal district court ruled that the law infringed upon Muslims’ constitutional rights. The 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals upheld the district
court’s decision on the Oklahoma law in January 2012. The other five states still have their restrictions on judicial consideration of foreign or
religious law on the books.

The laws enacted in Arizona, Kansas, Louisiana, South Dakota and Tennessee have broader, more neutral language than the 2010 Oklahoma law and do
not mention sharia or other religious laws by name. Indeed, only 21 of the 92 bills introduced between 2010 and 2012 cite sharia or other religious
laws directly.

LOL Scoring political points with who? He's not running anymore. You understand that, right? So he clearly doesn't need "points" with American
Muslims. Besides, if he was actually trying to "score political points" with us, he could stop bombing Muslim countries, help the Palestinians get a
strong & independent nation, and stop supporting the Wahhabi regimes in the Middle East. If he placed sanctions & arms embargoes on the Saudi & Qatari
powerbrokers who arm & support Wahhabi groups, that would go a lot further with us than simply showing up at a mosque.

Like how Donald Trump scored political points when he suggested banning Muslim immigration? Or how Ben CArson suggested that Muslims hold
anti-American beliefs, and therefore was disqualified to be President, or how Jeb! Bush suggested that only Christians should be allowed to immigrate
to the US?

Like those political points?

Too bad Obama's a "Lame Duck", not running for anything and doesn't need to score any political points.

Freedom of religion means that I have just as much of a right to practice my religion as an Amish person, Hasidic Jewish person, or any other
religious follower. Banning it is clearly unconstitutional.

It clearly is not. 7 states have already adopted such legislation.

Who are you or any other people to tell me it's illegal for me to pray, to give to charity, or to fast during Ramadan?

Playing the victim. You know this is not what these laws are against.

Because all of those are requirements for Muslims under Shariah law.

Congratulations.

Shariah law also forbids us from lying, stealing, fighting except in self defense,

There already are laws in place. If the situation in America is not satisfactory, you can always move to the ME.

WASHINGTON/NEWARK, NJ—
Muslims in the U.S. and around the world have condemned as un-American a proposal by Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump to ban Muslims
from entering the United States.

On Monday, Trump called for “a total and complete shutdown of Muslims entering the United States.”

Dr. Ahmad Jaber, president of the Arab-American Association of New York and Dawood Mosque, on Tuesday called Trump’s rhetoric “un-American” and
said it was outrageous that “bashing Muslims and Islam” had become a political norm.

You implied his "Muslim friend" claim was lies, yet none of what you shared falsifies his claims, just like none of what anyone else shares proves he
hates Muslims. It's nonsense. It's lies. It's disinformation.

originally posted by: LesMisanthrope
It should be noted that hate crimes of any type is appalling. The rise in anti-muslim hate is frightening and could get out of hand. But the
anti-muslim hate and rhetoric, no matter how stupid and unwarranted, is the direct result of Islamic terrorism. Anti-Muslim sentiment rises and falls
with Islamic terrorism.

I'd say it is a direct result of fearmongering from the right wing media and the Republican politicians. Terrorism is VERY low on the danger scale to
Americans. EXTREMELY low. ESPECIALLY Muslim terrorism. You should fear domestic terrorism from white people more than Muslim terrorism to be honest.

I don't see anything wrong there. Sharia law isn't unconstitutional. It is an optional set of laws that Muslims can choose to follow, but if they do
they also have to follow US laws first. Sharia law is an application of freedom of religion. I already pointed out parallels to Sharia Law with the
Amish and Jewish communities who also practice their own religious law doctrines within the country.

Yes, I proved you wrong regarding the First Amendement and you said "so what" and then changed the subject.

You didn't address any point I made in that post.

But to address your point, I already mentioned this,

The laws enacted in Arizona, Kansas, Louisiana, South Dakota and Tennessee have broader, more neutral language than the 2010 Oklahoma law and
do not mention sharia or other religious laws by name. Indeed, only 21 of the 92 bills introduced between 2010 and 2012 cite sharia or other religious
laws directly.

These laws are directed at religious laws in general, not only at Sharia.

The reason Sharia is singled out more often is because it's crazy. These guys talking about chopping of hands and stuff.

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